Best PlacesCedar Creek, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedar Creek, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cedar Creek ranks 22,952nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cedar Creek
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Cedar Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedar Creek ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 121 pleasant days a year, better than 81% of towns
Where Cedar Creek ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute37.9 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cedar Creek
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedar Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $88,018; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Cedar Creek's effective rate of 1.19%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cedar Creek
Cedar Creek runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cedar Creek.
Who works in Cedar Creek, and how
Work in Cedar Creek centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cedar Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cedar Creek.
What the weather is like in Cedar Creek, month by month
Cedar Creek sees roughly 121 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 50° | 38° |
| April | 83° | 68° | 56° |
| July | 99° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 86° | 71° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Cedar Creek
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 12 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.7 million passengers in 2025, with 127 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Cedar Creek
Schools across Cedar Creek average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mina ElB · 47% proficient
- Bluebonnet ElD+ · 22% proficient
- Joseph Gilbert ElD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dailey MiddleC− · 28% proficient
- Bastrop IntC− · 27% proficient
- Cedar Creek MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Cedar Creek H SB− · 42% proficient
- Bastrop H SC · 34% proficient
- Del Valle H SD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedar Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedar Creek measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Cedar Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cedar Creek
Is Cedar Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedar Creek ranks 22,952nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, cell coverage, and few empty homes, and lowest on thin health care access and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedar Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $323,054. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $88,018 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Cedar Creek safe?
Cedar Creek is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $427 per resident a year.
Compare Cedar Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedar Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedar Creek represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Cedar Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedar Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedar Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedar Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedar Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedar Creek detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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